Message Board: Sailing Opportunities

OPO Crew Request # 24-107 Urbana VA to Miami Florida - Boat owner and skipper XXXXXX is looking for experienced crew to help make the 1st leg for his planned long delivery of this new boat (to him) all the way to San Francisco California. Then boat is a solid 2002 Oyster 47 named XXXXXX. He bought the boat in Newport. I helped deliver the boat to the Chesapeake Bay last month with he and one other OPO member. He is making the passage in several legs laying up the boat Panama for the holidays. While we are posting for crew for the 1st leg we will update and confirm dates and crew slots for future legs. Weather will dictate whether the plan is to sail offshore around Cape Hatteras or if you have to take 3 or 4 days doing the Intra-Coastal Waterway to Cape Fear or Beaufort. If you have time for more legs, please do let him know and you can talk more about joining for the long haul with breaks in-between. If you have time for more legs, please do let him know and you can talk more about joining for the long haul with breaks in-between. This is a great opportunity for anyone needing lots of sea time towards a captain’s license. You may be able to join all the way to www.UUUUU.com plan is to have at least two experienced crew join him for the 1st leg but is happy taking more crew. He e-mails us his planned itinerary but as we all know it is subject to change. Let’s work in on getting crew for the first leg. He is very interested in getting crew who might like to commit for more legs or the entire passage if you think you have time and want to get a lot of sea time towards a license. The passage is free with all boat expenses and onboard food included, but you need to get to and from the boat and have money for any shoreside meals and drinks. If interested please send your sailing resume and contact information to him at XXXXX@XXXX XXXXXX has shared his sailing resume with us so you know more about him as well. He is keen to talk with crew who have time and wish to help get the boat through the canal early next year with the plan to enter US waters by next September. Here are his proposed dates for future legs so you can talk about them if you are interested are. Leg #1 - Virginia to Florida Departure Window: November 14 - 17 Arriving Miami, FL about 10 days later - Fish Island Anchorage Leg #2 - Florida to Jamaica Departure Window: Dec 1 - Dec 4 Leaving from Miami FL - Fish Island Anchorage Arrival Latest Date: December 10 Arriving Montego Bay, Jamaica Leg #3 - Jamaica to Panama Departure Window: Dec 09 - 12 Leaving from Montego Bay, Jamaica Arrival Latest Date: December 17 Arriving Shelter Bay, Colon Panama SAILING RESUME INTRODUCTION: I am an enthusiastic 53-year-old sailor, married for 34 years, seeking opportunities to build my skillsets and accumulate sea service days in order to ultimately gain my OUPV / Six-Pack Captains License. My professional background is extremely detail oriented in form, function and safety working as an elite athlete artist with San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet and Royal Ballet (UK). I am not completely immune to sea sickness, but I am able to manage it when others find themselves feeding the fish. I do not drink alcohol or do drugs. I will raise a glass of water, tea or coffee and toast with others when circumstances make it safe to do so. CERTIFICATIONS: Marine Diesel Mechanics Course OCC Sailing Center, Newport Beach, CA June 2024 American Red Cross Adult and Nation’s Best CPR March 2024 Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED expires March 2026 American Sailing Association South Coast Sailing, Keema TX 101 Basic Keelboat Sailing March 2009 103 Basic Coastal Cruising March 2010 104 Bareboat Chartering March 2010 105 Coastal Navigation Sep 2024 106 Advanced Coastal Cruising Sep 2024 118 Docking Endorsement June 2024 PADI Open Water Certified June 1988 SKILL SETS: Detailed planning and logistics, Cooking, Knots, Rough and finish carpentry, Orienteering (land based), basic marine electrical, basic marine diesel maintenance, leadership / followership, line handling EXPERIENCE: I am currently a member of Modern Sailing Club and School in San Francisco Bay, but I grew up with family owned power boats and day sailing with my uncle, Colonel J.A. Holmes, on Chesapeake Bay. I owned 21’ Supra Wakeboard boat in Austin TX from 2004 to 2010 where I captained on Lake Austin and Lake Travis. In 2009 I started renewing / rebuilding my sailing skillsets on a 26’ Colgate (On Belay) in regional waters of Trinity Bay and Galveston Bay, TX. In 2010 I went further to build sailing skills in the Texas coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico sailing between Houston TX and South Padre Island TX on a 36’ Catalina (Tranquility). Life took me to Kansas (away from the water) for 10 years, and my practical sailing experience stalled but I do own a 30’ off grid capable camper trailer with complex operating systems. And my sailing passion continues to grow. I am now back in the San Francisco Bay area, and am determined to make sailing a primary focal point in my life. As a member of Modern Sailing Club and School I have already passed ASA 118 Docking and ASA 105/106 Coastal Cruising in September 2024.